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cryptococcosis Path.|ˌkrɪptəʊkəˈkəʊsɪs|
[f. mod.L. Cryptococcus + -osis.]
A disease of man and animals caused by the yeast-like fungus Cryptococcus neoformans; torulosis.
1938Texas Jrnl. Med. XXXIII. 310 Systemic cryptococcosis. 1962New Scientist 12 Apr. 46/3 A fungus disease called cryptococcosis, which usually attacks the [koala] bears' central nervous system. 1970Jubb & Kennedy Path. Domestic Anim. (ed. 2) I. iii. 253/1 Cryptococcosis (European blastomycosis) is a subacute or chronic mycosis, caused by Cryptococcus neoformans (Torula histolytica),..which shows, in man, dogs, and possibly other species as well, a marked predilection for the central nervous system. |